Andy Tosney
Andy Tosney | |
|---|---|
| Born | Andrew Philip Tosney 3 June 1964 |
| Nationality | English |
| Title | Vice President, Sales of Mondelēz International |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
Andrew 'Andy' Tosney (born 3 June 1964) is an English former International rugby league footballer of the 1980s and current Vice President of Global Sales for Mondelēz International.
Rugby career
Playing Stand-off/Five-eighth he represented Hunslet, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats[1] and Hunslet Boys Club as well as representing Great Britain Colts in the 1980s[citation needed]. Tosney retired from professional rugby in the 1990s after a serious ankle injury but played extensively for many clubs[citation needed] during his rugby career.
Business career
He joined Terry's of York in 1985 and worked as a salesman. US food company Kraft Foods took over the northern chocolate company in 1993.
Tosney worked at Kraft Foods from 1993 and with subsidiary company Terry's 7 years before that. He was Kraft Foods' Global Customer Director, leading the Wal-Mart International team for a USD850 million business[citation needed]. Through local, regional and Global joint business planning, Kraft Foods were awarded "most improved" International supplier in 2007 (one of only 3 awards given to suppliers in Wal-Mart), in 2008 Kraft were awarded "best in the world supplier" under Tosney's leadership. [2](subscription required)
In December 2011 in an interview with Retail In Asia, Tosney explained that Kraft had doubled its salesforce across Asia-Pacific to 10,000 people and by 2012 it will have increased a further 50%.[2](subscription required)[3]
On 1 October 2012, Kraft Foods Inc split into two separate business entities; Kraft Foods Group and Mondelēz International.[4] He is currently the Global Vice President, Sales, for Mondelēz International.
He resides in Dubai with his wife.
References
- ^ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/andy-tosney/summary.html
- ^ a b Retail In Asia. [1], Retail In Asia - Conquering the Asian market with Andy Tosney, 8 February 2011, accessed 8 February 2011.
- ^ Retail In Asia [2] "Retail In Asia - Kraft Foods expands team to realign business in Asia-Pacific", 8 December 2011, accessed 8 December 2011.
- ^ Forbes [3] "Forbes - World's Second Biggest Food Company, Kraft, Approves Spin-Off", 14 August 2012, accessed 14 August 2012.